!Sierra Garden 2012
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hoteidoc
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Gorgeous E. bonkerae, John! But I think I've checked & they're not hardy enough for Z 6b !
!Once bitten by the cactus collecting/growing bug, there is no known cure!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
There's no 12 step programme for Cactaholics...so I shall just have to get some more!!
Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Your yard looks like I wish my yard looked! I get more inspired (and more jealous) every time you post pictures.
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
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John P Weiser
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Thought I'd show off a Echinocereus coccineus that bloomed last week. It looks like it may be fully fertile what do you think?
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From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Hey John, I think you should expect some seedpods on that from my un-professional opinion. It looks like a few of the pistols at least received some pollen anyways, but I could be totally 100% wrong, since I have had one Echinocereus bloom that I could watch, which promptly got removed by a dang javelina...
even if you get no seed pods, it's got pretty flowers
even if you get no seed pods, it's got pretty flowers
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Well if not a perfect flower - at least a male.
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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Peterthecactusguy
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
aren't the green things in the middle the pistols?
Here's to you, all you insidious creatures of green..er I mean cacti.
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John P Weiser
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
I finally caught up organizing my photos for June. Here a few high lights to start with!
Black spined Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
Echinocereus reichenbachii var. baileyi from Lawton, OK
Opuntia polyacantha var. polyacantha magenta
Coryphantha echinus
Black spined Opuntia polyacantha var. hystricina
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From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
Re: Sierra Garden 2012
stunning flowers!
With apologies to the late Professor C. D. Darlington the following misquotation springs to
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
mind ‘cactus taxonomy is the pursuit of the impossible by the incompetent’ - Fearn & Pearcy, Rebutia (1981)
Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Love that Cory - sure there is a plant under there? 
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
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John P Weiser
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Here are a few more highlights from my June photos.
This peachy colored O. polyacantha var. polyacantha is from North Dakota.
This is a vigarous O. polyacantha var. hystricina clone with amber colored spines.
A nice large flowered Echinocereus X lloydii
Here is Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri
A bright yellow O. polyacantha var. erinacea from northern Nevada
This is a Carl Barr hydrid/selection possibly a O. polyacantha X O. aurea I have no name attacted to this one. It has been passed from gardener to gardener for many years and the name is lost in the mists of time. 
O. macrocentra
This is a large Opuntia cymochila from south eastern Wyoming
Her is another nice magenta/pink O. polyacantha var. polyacantha from the Cheyenne area of Wyoming.
This peachy colored O. polyacantha var. polyacantha is from North Dakota.
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From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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John P Weiser
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Thank you Daiv
Opuntia 'Taylors Red'
Opuntia Basilaris dwarf form, yellow Opuntia polyacantha, and in the back ground Eriogonum umbellatum
Pink Opuntia polyacantha
Opuntia basilaris from Esmeralda County, Nevada
Gymnocalycium gibbosum
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. coloradensis
Cylindropuntia whipplei 'Snow Leopard'
Cylindropuntia imbricata var. argentea
Opuntia 'Taylors Red'
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From the High Desert Steppe
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
of the Great Basin and foot hills
of the Sierra Nevada Range
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sierrarainshadow/
sierrarainshadow
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Ralf
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Really beautiful plants, flowers and colors!
Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.
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fanaticactus
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Re: Sierra Garden 2012
Your cacti are all so happy, John! Magnificent. Outstanding. Unbelievable. Words pale in comparison to the colors in your garden. I will reiterate that you have created an incredible space. One question: How do you weed? Or have you forbid them to enter your property?!
Catch a falling star--but don't try it with a cactus!